Dual Enrollment Update

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N AT I O N A L A L L I A N C E O F C O N C U R R E N T E N R O L L M E N T PA R T N E R S H I P S ( N A C E P )

What is dual enrollment?Dual enrollment is a program that allows MT high school students to take college courses for half-price tuition through the MUS. ◦ The program is open to any MT high school junior or senior, age 16 and older,

or younger students determined capable. ◦ Students may take 100 and 200 level courses

Dually enrolled students are enrolled in high school and college simultaneously. ◦ They may be earning college credit only or dual credit, both high school and

college credit, depending on the qualifications of the person teaching the course and the high school’s policy for accepting college credit.

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Dual Enrollment System: K12, MUS, and MTDA

Teacher teaches SOCI 101 in HS for dual credit through Helena College

(“concurrent enrollment”)

Helena College

HHS student physically attends Helena College for WRIT 101 for dual credit (“early college”)

City College

Issues/concerns:• Access (geographic or tech

barriers)• Access (financial barriers for

student)• Access (paperwork barriers

for districts)• Class 8 licensure for college

faculty• Navigability of “system”

(branding/terminology; class availability and cost)

• MTDA role

Focus question:Would this concern

benefit from LEG action or attention?

MTDA hires teacher to

teach SOCI 101 course online

DE Course taught by HS teacher = concurrent enrollmentDE Course taught by college faculty = early college

Both can be delivered face-to-face or onlineHS credit only course taught by HS teacher through MTDA

Helena High School

Boulder High School

Laurel High School

Dual Enrollment & Student Success

Compared to students who do not participate in dual enrollment, MUS dual enrollment students outperform their peers in key areas.

◦ 16% higher rate of first year retention (84% DE, 68% non-DE) ◦ Higher freshman GPA (3.1 DE, 2.8 non-DE)◦ Earn more credits in their first year of college (4.1 on average).◦ The benefits are independent of high school GPA, and often “B” and “C”

students make larger gains than “A” students when compared to non-participating peers.

Pell-Eligible DE StudentsPell-eligible MUS dual enrollment participants preform substantially better in college than Pell-eligible non-dual enrollment participants.

◦ 18% higher first year retention rate (80% Pell-DE, 62% for Pell non-DE)

◦Higher freshman GPA (2.8 Pell-DE, 2.6 Pell non-DE)◦ Earn more credits as a freshman (31 cr. Pell-DE, 24.1 Pell non-DE)

Dual Enrollment Can Help Keep Montana Students in Montana

DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS CHOOSE THE MUS:

63% of DE students choose the MUS (vs 38% of Montana high school graduates)

MUS GRADUATES CHOOSE MONTANA:

The majority of Montana residents who are first time freshmen enrolling in a Montana public higher education institution choose to work in Montana after graduation:◦ 85% two-year graduates◦ 75% four-year graduates

MT: Slow Start but Gaining FastMontana is making large gains in increasing dual enrollment access and engagement for students.

•Enrollment topped 5000 students for the first time in the 2016-17 academic year and will likely approach 6000 students this academic year.

•We are growing about 20% annually on average, 3x the last reported national growth rate (~7%).

•Approximately 15-25% of eligible MT students engage in dual enrollment. • Iowa 55%, Indiana 50%, Utah 33-50%, Idaho 28%, Washington 47%

Increasing Access and Addressing Affordability is Driving Growth:

•Growing access•Increasing the number of qualified teachers •Expanding options through CTE dual enrollment•Addressing affordability

All Dual Enrollment

Concurrent Enrollment

About 78% of MT students have access to Concurrent Enrollment in their high school.

Unequal GrowthNICE WORK!

Since 2014, the number of schools offering concurrent enrollment has grown 47%, there are more than 100 new concurrent enrollment teachers, and the number of small schools (Class C) offering these courses has more than doubled.

REMAINING WORK!

Only ~20% of Class C schools and just 53% of Class B schools offer concurrent enrollment.

Work funded by Perkins Reserve funds and Title IIA is helping increase access for small and rural schools.

Building Qualified Concurrent Instructors:

Title IIa: Leveraged the Title IIafunds under NCLB to develop free/low cost graduate courses for online and hybrid.

Math, art, writing, education, and communication

Perkins Reserve: CTE teacher trainings to upskill for dual credit and IRC’s added to grant activities.

Advanced manufacturing, welding/fabrication, culinary,

automotive, construction, agriculture, education/ECE,

health sciences, IT/computing, and technical math and

writing.

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TABLE 1: Title IIa Participating Schools*Class AA Class A Class B Class C

Skyview High School Sidney Anaconda Opheim

Billings Senior Havre Ronan Saco

Great Falls High School

Hardin High School Corvallis Savage

Sentinel High School Stevensville Columbus Big Sandy

Capital High School Belgrade High School Lambert

Billings West Laurel Lima High School

Charlo high school

Lavina Public School

Highwood Public SchoolHeart Butte

Park City

Chinook

6 class AA schools 6 class A schools 4 class B schools 12 class C schools 28 participants

Building Qualified Concurrent Instructors:Supporting CTE Educators via Rural Reserve Funds◦ The Perkins Rural Reserve grants assist campuses in increasing high

quality CTE education statewide by allowing funds to be utilized for developing skill-building, technical trainings for aspiring concurrent instructors.

Teacher professional development covers a wide range of subject areas:

◦ Advanced manufacturing, welding/fabrication, culinary, automotive, construction, agriculture, education/early childhood ed., health sciences, IT/computing, and technical math and writing.

Increasing Labor-Market Alignment• To Increase:• Student career exploration and engagement • College and career readiness • Career insight relevant to Montana

CTE Dual Enrollment

• Heath Science: Med Terms, EMT, Human Form and Function, Basic Human Biology, Basic Anatomy, Math with Healthcare Applications

• Manufacturing: CNC Milling, Welding and Fabrication, Basic Rigging, Industrial Safety, CAD, Solidworks, Technical Drafting, Industrial Safety for Welding, Cutting Processes

• Computing: Joy and Beauty of Computing, Joy and Beauty of Big Data, Intro to Programming, Programming with Java, Website Development, Fundamentals of CS, etc.

• Education: Teaching & Learning, Intro to Education, Human Growth and Development, Child Development, Abnormal Psychology

• Business & Finance: Intro to Business, Accounting, Microeconomics, MS Excel, Quickbooks, Business Math, Professional Communications

CTE Dual Enrollment Aligned with

Industry Needs

EXPANDING WORKFORCE-ALIGNED OPTIONS

Expanding Options via CTE Courses◦ In addition to increasing the number of students taking all dual enrollment

courses the proportion of those enrollments CTE-Career & Technical Education-courses has grown steadily from 25% to 32% over the past three academic years.

◦ Between AY 2014-15 and 2016-17 the number of sections of CTE dual credit courses offered in high schools nearly doubled (from 109 sections to 215, last academic year).

◦ Importantly, areas of CTE course expansion are aligned with workforce needs in many areas and include health care, manufacturing, IT/computing, and business.

Increasing Affordability

Free and Discounted Tuition • City College-free tuition for dual credit (taught in high school) • Miles CC-free tuition for dual credit (taught in high school) • Dawson CC-free tuition for dual credit (taught in high school) • FVCC-First 6 credits free for Lincoln and Flathead Co. residents• UMW and MSUN-decreased tuition to keep classes affordable

(from ~$90/cr. to $50/cr.)

AffordabilityCity College-MSU Billings

Free Tuition: Students taking concurrent enrollment (dual enrollment courses on-site at their high school) through City College MSUB have their tuition waived. ◦ Partner schools: SD2 (West, Senior,

Skyview, Career Center), Billings Central, Columbus, Hardin, and Laurel.

◦ One year pilot, extended at least one additional year.

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City College MSUB Headcount Changes in Dual Enrollment by

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Headcount-Cocurrent Enrollment (High School Connections)

HeadcountEarly College (Univ. Connections)

Free Tuition Announced

Affordability: State ModelsThree Basic Approaches: • Student/parent pays (MT, ND, NH, CT, ~20 others)• Money follows the student from secondary to postsecondary or vice versa

(WY, IA, CO, FL)• Legislative appropriations fund special projects to cover tuition (GA, ID, LA,

NM, NC)

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